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Mental Health Morsels
Poem in SWG anthology
APART apart – a year of pandemic poetry and prose Edited by:Courtney Bates-Hardy and Dave Margoshes Published by the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild (2021) My poem in this anthology. “Post Pandemic Plans” begins “I do not want to go back to normal.” To order apart from Saskatchewan Writers...
Framework for Support: A Retrospective 1984-2004
From 1984 to 2004, the Canadian Mental Health Association, National, Divisions, and Branches modeled and advocated a person-centred Framework of Support model for consumer/survivor empowerment and community resource development. This Retrospective summarizes the various documents and initiatives of this project. As CMHA celebrates its 100th year, Retrospective encourage a fresh look at...
Mental Health Morsels
Books, articles and archives reveal bits of information that illustrate the development of the mental health (non) system we have now, the things we’ve lost and gained. My particular interest is the development of the consumer/survivor movements – the ways that people who live with mental illness – have...
Mad Society of Canada
The Mad Society of Canada a Community of Practice bringing together people who want to share the voices and actions of people with lived experience of mental distress. We choose to call ourselves psychiatric survivors (although other people choose to say consumer, client, patient, ex-patient) and citizens. The mental health...
CMHA Saskatchewan introduction
The Canadian Mental Health Association (Saskatchewan Division) Inc. is a volunteer-based organization which supports and promotes the rights of persons with mental illness to maximize their full potential; and promotes and enhances the mental health and well-being of all members of the community, CMHA Sask is a provincial organization,...
CMHA National introduction
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is a national charity that helps maintain and improve mental health for all Canadians. The first board meeting of the National Committee for Mental Hygiene was held April 26, 1918. With more than 10,000 staff and volunteers in more than 300 communities across Canada,...
CMHA position on Medical Assistance in Dying
Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) As a recovery-oriented organization, CMHA does not believe that mental illnesses are irremediable, though they may be grievous or unbearable. We recognize that people with mental illnesses can experience unbearable psychological suffering as a result of their illness, but there is always the hope...
Mental Health Week in May
Mental Health Week (the first week of May) comes once a year but the Canadian Mental Health Association continues to work year round with its education, advocacy and direct services to improved the lives of people with live with mental illness.